The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-14
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
rl1rnsnAY's rnocEEpINas.

session this morning Nv Which ho'hihS
of Importance iranspircd.
The following bills and resolutions
were introduced:
To amend the game law.
TO prohibit and punish dealing in
futures.
TO amend the law of escheats, and
also amending the penal laws.
Several bills amending the penal
statutes.
TO establish an agricultural and
mechanical college for colored youths.
TO amend the school laws III various
parti,u also bill to provide free
tuition in public schools for persons
betwe II 1S and u years old who arc
unable to read.
Bills amending the statutes.
TO nulily chattel mortgages, except
on growing crops.
TO regulate the railroads and to es-
tablish railroad commission
To provide for the registration OF
wriis of attachment levied upon land
i'm the county clerks Office of the coun-
ty in which the land is situated.
TO provide for bringing suit by the
state of Texas against the state OF han-
sas. with the object to determine the
boundary question.
TO define and fix liabilities of joint
obligators.
A resolution to provide joint com
mittee to investigate corporations
and to submit legislation for the
same. Referred.
A resolution looking to the en-
ployment of shorthand reporters to
report proceedings of the Legislature
Referred.
Resolution of yesterday, authoriz-
ing the president of the senate to APP
point general committee clerk,
passed. :,
Simpkins was added to the commit
tee on education.
The senate then adjourned.
HoUsE.-The first business Of the
house this morning was the announce
ment of the committees.
A message was received from the
senate announcing that body to be
organized and ready for business.
The governors message was also
sent in.
Jones. of Pamela, moved that the
reading of the message be dispensed
with. and that ii be printed in the
journal.
Payne suggested. that failure TO
read the message would be, in his
opinion, discourtcous TO his excel
lency.
Page moved to table The resolution
of Jones, which motion was carried,
and the reading of the message was
proceeded with.
A resolution that 5000 copies of the
message be printed in English was
adopted.
The resolution laid over from yes
terday, providing for committee OF
five to confer with like committee
OF the senate, upon the proposition of
Mr.. Wheiess to furnish daily stem
ographic record of both honses, in lieu
of the journal, was called up and
adopted.
Steele offered a resolution author
izing the speaker 10 appoint not cX-
ceedlng eight committee clerks at
salaries Of IS per day each. Adopted
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
Amending the school law, and pr
viding among other measures for
county school superintendent.
Changing the community to dis
trict systems. and providing that any
surplus held by counties at the end of
the year be turned back into The gen
eral school fund.
To require railroad corporations TO
file an annual report with the comp
troller of public accounts.
To postpone forced sales of real cs-
tate and personal property for taxes
for 1886 until The first Monday in
October, 1887.
Providing for mileage aud per diem
of members.
To release the inhabitants of Cole
man. Concho, Runnes, Mccullough,
San Saba, Llano, Brown and Conan
che counties from payment of taxes
for 1886 in consequence of the drouth.
p, ohibiting state, district and county
officers from receiving passes as Of
ficials from railroads.
Amending the general election law.
Amending the Penal Code.
Providing for the amendment OF
the uffrage clause of the constitution.
Amending the chattel mortgage act.
Amending the mileage to jurors in
criminal couets.
To provide for the appointment of a
railway commission; to prescribe their
powers and duties; penalties for vio-
lating and mode of procedure.
To provide for the adoption of a
uniform system of text books in the
public free schools